Hey guys,
Just read a great article over here about using the energy of the sun to power home brewing.  You can now make totally green beer – cool:) – well as long as it isn’t actually green!!
A guy named Joseph Blair from Princeton University has created the world’s first solar powered home brew kit – [...]

Barack Obama is set to open the US’s largest solar power plant on Tuesday this week (27th October 2009), with a capacity of 25MW.
It has taken nearly a year to build the plant on what was open land in Florida. This plant will be twice as big as the nxt biggest plant in the US, [...]

LG have launched their new Pop in the UK. The Pop is an ecofriendly touch screen mobile. It has a solar panel embedded in the cover of the battery which uses the sun’s energy to charge the phone’s battery.
The really cool thing is that just 10 minutes of sunshine will give you 2 minutes of [...]

A car on a test run for the Global Green Challenge (Darwin to Adelaide – Oct 24th 2009), was zooming down the motorway in Australia at the weekend. Reaching a speed of 110km/h (about 66mph), the car uses less power than the average toaster!
The car is called IVy and isn’t really suitable for driving on [...]

Hi guys,
Came across this very unusual necklace today – why am I writing about jewellery? well this particular piece is solar powered!
Mae Yokoyama has created this piece that charges up through the day and illuminates a string of pearls at night. Interesting concept don’t you think? It doesn’t look greatly comfortable, but then I suppose [...]

With the recent ceremony awarding the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, it is now highly unlikely that the proposed solar powered stadium which formed part of the Tokyo bid will be built.
This will be a disappointment for environmental campaigners who advocate the use of sustainable power. The stadium, which was [...]

If you happen to live in Cazenovia, then pop along to Nottingham High School to hear what Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google has to say.
A transcript of an interview with him can be found here, but for the purposes of this post – what has he got to say [...]

Solar electric BMW Lovos concept makes Chris Bangle look drab
September 27, 2009 – Could you imagine a road ull of cars like this – car designers have a really cool job!

eBay Inc. Commits to 15% Corporate Emissions Reduction Target by 2012
September 22, 2009 – I wonder if ebay will auction off the solar power they produce?
NNEC's new video short tells the story of Habana Outpost, Brooklyn's first solar powered restaurant.
September 17, 2009 – Only salads when its raining? Cool idea though!!

It is always a great shame when any company goes into administration, but when something happens on this scale to a solar power company, it is a bit worrying for all the projects it was involved in.
Mildura has closed its doors after its $420 million collapse earlier this week although they are looking to sell [...]